June 6th: 7MM cases.
3MM cases (42% growth) in 3 weeks and 1 day.
… as the UK decides it is a perfect time to open its borders and Trump wants less testing.
Saharan Dust Cloud Arrives At The U.S. Gulf Coast, Bringing Haze.
As Dave Pell said - surely something unique and unexpected wouldn’t be happening in 2020?
Verizon. I said yesterday, now we need more big brands to remind that little oik Zuckerberg that he’s not ‘all that’.
Adding Unilever.
Now that’s a little app that I have just learned about which despite being on the developer site, I could still download - and if you are already on Big Sur - there’s an update.
Verizon decides Facebook doesn’t need its ad money after all
We need a few more Verizon’s. But it is a start.
Coronavirus cases rise in states with relaxed face mask policies
”Sixteen states currently recommend, but do not require, that residents wear masks in public. In those states - including Texas and Arizona - new coronavirus cases have risen by 84% over the last two weeks.”
Dixie Chicks Drop ‘Dixie’ from Name with Release of New Protest Song.
I dunno … I feel much like the ‘Lady A’ change … I mean if they really feel bad about their name - why did they choose it?
“We didn’t know”
Is just not good enough.
Chuck E. Cheese bankruptcy: Parent company files for Chapter 11
Yet another bankruptcy due to COVID … sorry … Private Equity.
House Republicans call Black Lives Matter protests ‘organized crime’
Quiet desperation : ‘The English Way’
Noisy desperation : ‘The Republican Way’.
Apple Approves Hey Update for App Store
… and great plaudits. I don’t think I have $99 year worth of email problems.
Dystopia or utopia? The future of cities could go either way
… see … the future isn’t pre determined. That’s why we need to stop talking about ‘the future’ and start talking about A Future.
Donald Trump’s America is closed to immigrants.
Someone wanting to emigrate to America in these times speaks volumes about their own country and position in it.
Heartbreaking.
Oh … now that is interesting.
Safari will soon support web extensions from other browsers.
There are three answers … symbols, things or people.
Depending on your answer explains how COVID has affected your work, your income, your health, your life.
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far). - courtesy of McSweeneys.
It is incredible not just what he’s done, but how he’s got away with it.
Hands up if you remember ‘TanSuitGate’.
For 🏏 fans - in case you missed it.
”The stock market is not a snapshot of the economy. It’s a snapshot of a piece of the economy. It doesn’t represent small shops, services, retail outlets, restaurants, office workers, gig workers.”
Professor Jeffrey Sachs
YUP
COVID Links
Apple And Google Admit Ethereum App To Let Employees Prove They’ve Been Vaccinated
An 18-Month View of a Post-COVID World (visuals)
The Impact on Advertising Spend (visuals)
What comes after Zoom? (good question) ( better one- how did the others drop the ball?)